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A ‘new deal’ for social housing residents, as part of the government’s commitment to make a housing market fit for the future has been launched by Secretary of State for Communities Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP.
The social housing green paper aims to rebalance the relationship between tenants and landlords, tackle stigma and ensure that social housing can be both a safety net and springboard into home ownership.
Our green paper aims to start a national discussion to collect views on how to improve social housing, based around 5 core principles:
The proposals will empower residents to hold their landlords to account and give them the support they need to seek redress when things go wrong. A tougher regulator will help drive up standards and ensure social homes are well managed and quality places to live.
With the experiences of those living in social housing brought to the forefront following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, over 8,000 residents from across the country have shared their views of social housing as part of the government’s listening exercise.
Secretary of State for Communities the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP said: "Providing high quality and well managed social housing is a core priority for this government.
"Our green paper offers a landmark opportunity for major reform to improve fairness, quality and safety for residents living in social housing across the country.
"Regardless of whether you own your home or rent, residents deserve security, dignity and the opportunities to build a better life."
The green paper gives everyone the opportunity to feed in views on proposals for the future of social housing and will run until 6 November 2018.
In a separate move, to boost the number of local authority homes, a consultation into how councils spend the money from Right to Buy sales has also been launched today. It also looks at reforming the Right to Buy replacement target, to give a broader measure of government’s impact on social housing.
This sets out proposals to make it easier for councils to replace properties sold under Right to Buy and build the affordable homes their communities need, continuing a programme that has helped almost 94,000 households onto the housing ladder since 2010.
A ‘new deal’ for social housing residents, as part of the government’s commitment to make a housing market fit for the future has been launched by Secretary of State for Communities Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP.
The social housing green paper aims to rebalance the relationship between tenants and landlords, tackle stigma and ensure that social housing can be both a safety net and springboard into home ownership.
Our green paper aims to start a national discussion to collect views on how to improve social housing, based around 5 core principles:
The proposals will empower residents to hold their landlords to account and give them the support they need to seek redress when things go wrong. A tougher regulator will help drive up standards and ensure social homes are well managed and quality places to live.
With the experiences of those living in social housing brought to the forefront following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, over 8,000 residents from across the country have shared their views of social housing as part of the government’s listening exercise.
Secretary of State for Communities the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP said: "Providing high quality and well managed social housing is a core priority for this government.
"Our green paper offers a landmark opportunity for major reform to improve fairness, quality and safety for residents living in social housing across the country.
"Regardless of whether you own your home or rent, residents deserve security, dignity and the opportunities to build a better life."
The green paper gives everyone the opportunity to feed in views on proposals for the future of social housing and will run until 6 November 2018.
In a separate move, to boost the number of local authority homes, a consultation into how councils spend the money from Right to Buy sales has also been launched today. It also looks at reforming the Right to Buy replacement target, to give a broader measure of government’s impact on social housing.
This sets out proposals to make it easier for councils to replace properties sold under Right to Buy and build the affordable homes their communities need, continuing a programme that has helped almost 94,000 households onto the housing ladder since 2010.
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